Alfred Philippi

Alfred Philippi (3 August 1903-15 June 1994) was a Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Alfred Philippi was born in Saarbruecken, Saarland, German Empire on 3 August 1903, and he joined the Reichswehr in 1924. He became a lieutenant in 1930, a major in 1934, and a colonel in 1942, and he took command of a grenadier regiment in the Wehrmacht in 1943 after serving in the general staff. Late in the war, he commanded the German 361st Infantry Division on the Western Front, and he fought against the Allies in the Netherlands before being forced to surrender in May 1945. He helped with restructuring the German military, the Bundeswehr, during the Cold War, and he died in Winnweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate in 1994 at the age of 90.